Blog for the RepRap project at www.reprap.org - a project to create an open-source self-copying 3D printer.

Friday, February 02, 2007

A.R.N.I.E. gives it a shot...

Ed's A.R.N.I.E. RepRap design is now fully functioning. In keeping with long-established RepRap tradition, the first object we made was Vik's shot glass to toast our success. Celebrations continued into the night, with Christine B. switching to an Irish dram...

As you can see, while we were concentrating on the build parameters, Tux (on the Strat in the middle) had already spotted the bottle...

I'm guessing that you've not got a fan fitted to ARNIE? Build quality is much improved by a fan. In fact, I have a desk fan blowing air gently over mine in this weather all the time. Now that the heating element is enclosed in a trimmed bottle neck, gentle airflows don't affect it much.

Any AoI files of Darwin bits yet?

Vik :v)

PS Don't be too hard on Tux. When all you have is flippers, it's hard to hold your drink...

Congrats Ed and Adrian. I keep feeling like I'm so far behind and I want to catch up so badly ;)Well I have a pic programmer wired up that I just finished tonight. I'll blog it after I verify it works if I don't blow up my computer.

Most important things first: the Jack D's was from the Bath University Biomimetics research students' extensive but uncritically-assembled sideboard, whereas the Irish whiskey (Jameson's) came later at the Bowyer homestead (where I, personally, re-celibrated with a small measure of 10-year-old Laphroaig).

We'll try cooling next week, though things seem to be going OK without it at the moment.

Now I think about it, that 4Kg has got to be over the top. If I imagine putting all the bits in a bag and picking them up I can't see it weighing more than 1Kg or so.